Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series - Testing the Failover Functionality

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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch and Cisco 7600 Series Router Firewall Services Module Configuration Guide
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Chapter 15 Using Failover
Verifying the Failover Configuration
Viewing Monitored Interfaces
To view the status of monitored interfaces, (from within the context) enter the following command:
primary/contexta(config)# show monitor-interface
For example:
primary/contexta(config)# show monitor-interface
This host: Primary - Active
Interface outside (88.1.1.2): Normal
Interface inside (10.6.8.91): Normal
Other host: Secondary - Standby
Interface outside (88.1.1.3): Normal
Interface inside (10.6.8.100): Normal
Testing the Failover Functionality
Follow these steps to ensure that failover works:
Step 1 Test that your primary (active) module is passing traffic as expected by using FTP (for example) to send
a file between hosts on different interfaces.
Step 2 Force a failover to the standby module by entering the following command:
primary(config)# no failover active
Step 3 Use FTP to send another file between the same two hosts.
sys cmd Logical update system commands; for example, LOGIN and Stay
Alive.
up time Up time, which the active module passes to the standby module.
xlate Translation information.
tcp conn TCP connection information.
udp conn Dynamic UDP connection information.
ARP tbl Dynamic ARP table information.
RIP Tbl Dynamic router table information.
Logical Update Queue
Information
For each field type, the following statistics are used:
• Cur—Current number of packets
• Max—Maximum number of packets
• Total—Total number of packets
Recv Q The status of the receive queue.
Xmit Q The status of the transmit queue.
Table 15-2 Show Failover Display Description (continued)
Field Options